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The Emperor has no clothes: Privy Council strips down the Shareholder Rule and Hong Kong watches

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The Shareholder Rule is a legal doctrine under which a company is generally precluded from asserting legal professional privilege to withhold documents from a shareholder in the course of litigation involving both the company...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Braumiller Law Group - June 2025 Newsletter

A Q&A with Adrienne Braumiller, and Olivia Van Pelt. Question 1: How are you advising businesses in your jurisdiction when protecting themselves from the impact of trade wars and sanctions, and what strategies can...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ECCTA 2023: Identity Verification Regime

On 26 October 2023, the ECCTA became law, overhauling key aspects of the UK’s legal framework on corporate and economic crime. The changes introduced by the ECCTA are being implemented in stages, with certain provisions of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Share Transfer Tripwire: Some Hidden Risks in Deed of Adherence Clauses

Certain provisions commonly found in joint venture and shareholder documentation for early-stage and investment companies are so ubiquitous that they are often accepted without negotiation or full consideration of their wider...more

Jones Day

Time to Report: UK Releases Updated Guidance on Modern Slavery Act Compliance

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The UK Home Office has released revised statutory guidance to support businesses in meeting their obligations under Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which requires organizations operating in the UK with annual...more

Conyers

Adapting the Machinery

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The Case of Changyou.com Ltd v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others 2025 UKPC 12 - In a judgment handed down on 11 March 2025, the Privy Council has upheld the amendments made to sections 238(2)-(5) of the...more

A&O Shearman

UK Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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The Register of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 were published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations amend the Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Salaried Members Rules and the 'Significant Influence' Test – Does the BlueCrest Case Affect Me (As a Partner) or My Firm?

Salaried Members Rules - Limited liability partnerships or "LLPs" are common corporate vehicles utilised by the financial services sector to establish UK investment management operations and other financial businesses and,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Determining Significant Influence

On 17 January 2025, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP [2025] EWCA Civ 23 (“BlueCrest”) held that the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) and the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) had made a...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in England (Updated)

Foreword - Despite a challenging macro-economic backdrop, the United Kingdom continues to thrive as one of the world’s leading global financial centres. As a location for business and investment, the UK provides a number...more

Conyers

Recent Amendments to BVI Company Law: Key Changes

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There have recently been a number of amendments to BVI company law. While many of these amendments are technical and will not have a material impact on clients, there are some key changes of which clients should be aware...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

BlueCrest – the Court of Appeal considers Condition B of the salaried members rules

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The Court of Appeal has remitted the case of BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BlueCrest) v HMRC back to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) regarding the application of the UK’s salaried members rules (the Rules) to certain...more

Alston & Bird

Navigating Sanctions: An International Guide

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Since 2020, governments have lurched from pandemic-induced economic and health crises to new and protracted conflicts across the globe. In these times of upheaval and uncertainty, the use of sanctions has increased to an...more

K&L Gates LLP

Sweeping Changes to Company Registration in the United Kingdom to Increase Transparency of Companies and the Integrity of the...

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Background - The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) (the Act) introduces the most significant changes to Companies House since corporate registrations were established in 1844. It is a new UK law that aims...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs August Edition 2024

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Major UK Listing Reforms Cut Red Tape for Listed Companies - The FCA’s radical overhaul of the UK’s listing framework came into effect on 29 July 2024. All premium listed commercial companies have automatically been...more

Goodwin

DAOs in English law: another (but not final) step forward

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With so much focus on the regulatory treatment (and mistreatment) of blockchain related businesses, the benefits of commercial legal certainty for choosing a country or territory as a home of choice for these businesses is...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in England (Updated)

The attractiveness of the United Kingdom as a business location is unabated. There are many advantages to doing business in the UK. Investors can draw on a skilled workforce and access a large market; costs of labour and...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

HMRC updates guidance on UK tax status of non-UK entities and US LLCs post Anson

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On 6 December, HMRC updated the section in its International Manual discussing the UK tax characterisation of overseas entities, and of Delaware (and other US) limited liability companies (LLCs) in particular (in INTM180000...more

BCLP

UK Shareholding Report a Missed Opportunity for New Tech

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In July, the U.K. Digitization Taskforce released an interim report containing a series of potential recommendations for the government, regulators and market participants, in order to achieve full digitization of the U.K....more

A&O Shearman

Court of Appeal Corrects A Mistake In The Drafting Of Articles Of Association

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Last week the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by DnaNudge Ltd against the first instance decision in Ventura Capital GP Ltd v DnaNudge Ltd which invalidated an attempt by the ordinary shareholders in the company to...more

Hogan Lovells

Establishment of a business in the United Kingdom by a foreign corporation

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This note describes in outline the laws and taxes which currently apply to a foreign corporation establishing a business operation in the United Kingdom and the administrative requirements which need to be observed once the...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In England (Updated)

The attractiveness of the United Kingdom as a business location is unabated. There are many advantages to doing business in the UK. Investors can draw on a skilled workforce and access a large market; costs of labour and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Veterans Day Salute November 2022 | Issue No. 200 - The Jersey LLC Has Arrived

On 1 September 2022, the Limited Liability Companies (Jersey) Law 2018 (“LLC Law”) came into force, allowing limited liability companies (“LLCs”) to be established in Jersey. Jersey has introduced the LLC to attract U.S....more

Conyers

New Registration Requirement for Cayman Entities That Own Property in the UK

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On 1 August 2022, a new Register of Overseas Entities came into force in the UK pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “ECA”). Overseas entities are entities with legal personality,...more

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UK Government Seeking to Introduce a Register of Overseas Entities

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As part of the UK government initiative to clamp down on criminals using UK property to launder their ill-gotten gains, the government is introducing some sweeping disclosure requirements in the form of a ‘Register of...more

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